OSLO, Sept 12 — Norwegians went to the polls on Sunday for the first of two days of voting in a parliamentary election dominated by the widening gap between rich and poor, climate change and how the oil-producing nation should adapt to the energy transition.
The man projected to become prime minister after the Sept. 12-13 ballot, Labour leader Jonas Gahr Stoere, has pledged toinequality by offering tax relief for low- and middle-income families and hiking rates for the rich. “We must have a society with fewer differences, which have increased with the past government,” Stoere told Reuters on the sidelines of a recent campaign event.issue and the polls show a growing minority of seats in parliament could go to parties and lawmakers who want to curtail Norway’s oil and gas drilling, a major source of jobs.